A delay they can ill afford: Delays in obtaining attendance allowance for older, terminally ill cancer patients, and the role of health and social care professionals in reducing them

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 283-287

  Nosowska, Geraldine ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attendance allowance; Benefits; Cancer; Claims; Take up; Terminal illness

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEOPLASM; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIAL WORK; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL WORK; STATE MEDICINE; TERMINALLY ILL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3042854688     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2004.00496.x     Document Type: Article

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